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CHARLES LANGGUTH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO JAMES R. WOOD, OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, AND CHARLES A. SINCLAIR, OF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,725, dated April 10, 18818.

Application filed January 10, 1888. Serial No. 260,372.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Onnnnns Lnueeurn, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-cars adapted especially for the transportation of live stock of all kinds; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described,whereby the car is adapted for the carriage of difierent kinds of stock, the feeding, supplying with air, protecting from the weather, and general care of the same in a more convenient and healthful manner than has heretofore been accomplished, the said car being equally adapted for the transportation of stock or of general freight.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate likeparts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stock-car embodying my invention, a portion being represented as closed and a portion open for purposes of ventilation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same with the supplemental or movable floor or platform lowered. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the same, showing the trough K K in elevation. Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section of a portion of the car with the trough H H lowered or open. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section with the movable floor or platform raised so as to make a double-deck car. Fig. 6 is a cross vertical detail section'of a portion of the car, showing particularly the means for raising and lowering the trough K K. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical detail section of the same. Fig. 8 is a detail cross vertical section of a portion of the top of a car, showing the trough and rack folded up. Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively details in elevation and plan of the hay-carrier and supporting-bracket. Fig. 11 is a view in perspective of a modification of the hay-rack. Fig. 12, Sheet 1, is a horizontal section in detail of some of the ventilating-slats open. Fig. 13 is a detail showing a means for supporting the supplemental floor or platform.

A represents the floor of the car, and a the (No model.)

wheel-trucks, constructed substantially in the usual manner.

Bis the roof. One or both sides, and also one or both ends, if desired, of this car are provided with means for thorough ventilation,

as follows: The posts C are rigid, and are beveled, as shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 12. Hinged to these posts or slats C are the swinging posts 0, oppositely beveled, as shown, so that when closed each swinging post shuts tightly between the two next stationary posts, and its outer side is flush with the outer sides of the two said stationary posts.

As will be seen, the posts or slats are alternately stationary and hinged or swinging. By swinging open all or a part of these posts C, according to the state of the weather, direction of the wind, &c., the interior of the car may be thoroughly ventilated and supplied with air, and by closing a part or the whole the cattle may be protected from inclement Weather, according to the direction of the wind, 8:0. The posts 0 of the sides and ends are solid.

D is a sliding door placed centrally in the side of the car, sliding in the way D and provided with the ordinary handle, D. This door may also be provided with the ventilating slats or posts C C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4-. In order to lock the ventilating posts or slats when closed, a long bar, d, of angle metal in crosssection (see Figs. 1, 3, 4t, and 12) and hav ing a handle, d, is provided. This bar is pivotally secured to the lowerends of the swinging slats, and hence when the bar is pressed back all the swinging slats are closed, and by dropping the pin 1, (see Figs. 1 and 12,) secured by the chain 2 to the car, through coincident openings in said bar and the bottom of the car, the ventilating-slats are securely locked.

E, Figs. 1 and 4, is a tool-closet or utilitycloset, secured to an end of the car.

F is a supplemental floor or platform. This platform,when resting upon the floor A of the car, as in Figs. 2, 3, 6, and 7, allows thecar to be used either as a stock-car for horned cattle or as an ordinary freight-car. This platform F, however, is capable of being raised by means of the chains F, one end of each of which is secured to a hook or staple, 7, Figs. 4 and 7,

in said platform, and which pass over pulleys 3 within the car,near the top, and thence down through perforations 8 in said platform and similar perforations in the floor A to the drums 4, to which they are secured.

By applying cranks to the squared ends 5, Fig. 6, of the shafts 6, the floor may be raised to any desired height and held at such height 'by hooking into the chains, or by any other well-known mechanical means. For ordinary purposes, however-i. e, for accommodating hogs, sheep, &c., upon the main floor A and platform F-the platform is raised to the height shown in Fig. 5, and is supported by legs F, which are hinged to the bottom of said platform,and which swing down by gravity as the platform is raised and drop into the position shown in Fig. 5. When the platform is lowered, theselegs fold underit, as shown in Fig. 3.

Placed near the floor or bottom of the car and extending a portion or the whole of the distance along the sides (and ends, if desired) of the car, are one or more troughs, designed for the use of animals occupying said floor when the platform is raised. This trough consists of a vertical stationary back piece, H, a front piece,

H, hinged at its lower end to said back piece,

and flexible end pieces, H, all constructed of water-proof material. When this trough is closed, as would be the case if the platform were dropped, as in Fig. 2, the hinged piece H is folded back vertically under the overlapping horizontal strip H and locked by means of the bolt 9, secured by a chain, 10, to the car.

To open the trough, the platform being raised,

withdraw the bolt, and the front piece, H, falls forward by gravity into the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

I is a water-tank extending centrally and longitudinally along the car next the roof. (See Figs. 2, 3, 5, and 8.) This tank is supplied with water through the opening I in the roof, provided with the cover I. Pipes J, Figs. 2 and 5, extend from this tank to suitable points over said troughs, being provided with the faucets J.

K K is a trough quite similar in construc tion to the trough H H, the portion K being '50 vertical and the portion K being hinged at its lower edge to the lower edge of the portion K. Flexible waterproof ends K are provided similar to the ends H of the lower trough. (See Figs. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 Both these troughs are preferably lined with water-proof material, and this material may also serve the pur' pose of a hinge. The trough K K is supported adjustably as to height by the chains F,which pass over one of the pulleys 3 and down through the platform and floor to the drums 4. XVhen the platformF is down, the trough K K is in the position shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6, and 7. \Vhen it is raised, by turning the drums, the trough is also raised; or the trough can be arranged to be independent of the drums and remain at any height desired to accommodate the animals upon the platform by hooking it upon itself or by other known mechanical means. When this trough is raised to its highest point, as shown in Fig. 8, it can be folded up and secured by the chain and hook 11 12 or other mechanical means. If desired, vertical guides 13 (see Fig. 8) may be secured to the side of the car and the portion K of the trough provided with eyes 14 to slide on said guides. The water-pipes J are provided with faucets J to supply water to the trough K K. Secured to the top of the car, and adapted to remain either next the top or to extend downward against the side, is an adjustable expansible hay-rack. This rack consists of a long bar, L, extending lengthwise next the roof, and hinged or pivotally secured thereto at intervals at Z. (See Figs. 2, 3, 6, 7,and 8.) Rigidly secured to this bar, and extending downward therefrom, is a series of rods, L, bent at right angles into eyes at their lower ends, Z, and catching into a series of rods, L, provided at their upper ends with eyes Z, said rods L being rigidly secured to the horizontal bar N. Now, by drawing the series of rods L down until the eyes of the two series of rods touch each other, the rack is expanded into the position shown in Figs. 2, 3, 6, and 7, and may be hooked or buttoned against the side of the car by any ordinary mechanical means. (See 14, Fig. 7.) By pushing upward on the bar N theseries of rods L and L are slid by each other, and the hay-rack may be secured out of the way against the roof of the car by the hook and eye 15 and 16, as shown in Fig. 8. In order to convey hay to all portions of the hay-rack and to completely fill and pack the hay into the same, I provide a packer. (See Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10.) This packer consists of a hook or eye or properlybent piece of metal, P, rigidly secured to a carriage, P, said carriage being provided with wheels P, running upon a track, R, supported by brackets S, secured to the side of the car. An endless chain, T, passes over pulleys U (see Figs. 3, 6, and 7) in opposite ends of the car, said pulleys being fixed upon shafts V, whose squared ends extend through the side of the car. (See Fig. 6.) By applying a crank to the shaft V the packer P may be carried from one end to the other of the hay-rack and thoroughly pack every portion of it with hay.

In order to strengthen and impart rigidity to the floor at its sides, ends, and preferably at intervals along its length, it is strengthened and supported by bars of angle-iron, 21. (See Fig. 4.)

In case the lower trough is desired to be open while the platform F is raised, said platform may be held in a raised position (see Fig. 13) by means of horizontal bolts 18, sliding in eyes 19, and pushed so as to rest upon brackets 20, secured to posts 17. These p'osts,which may be more or less in number, are shown in Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 13.

It will be understood that when the car is used as a double-decked car-i. 6., with the platform raisedthe trough H H next the floor is open for theuse of the cattle upon said floor. The trough K K is also open next the platform, as in Fig. 5, or at any desired height above said platform, and the hay rack is dropped and secured against the side of the car, as in Figs. 2 and 7, and the ventilatingslats are open to a greater or less extent, in accordance with the weather, direction of the wind, 850. If, on the contrary, the car is to be used as an ordinary freight-car, the platform may be lowered and rest upon the bot tom of the car, as in Figs. 1 and 3, or it may be raised so as to distribute the weight of the freight, the swinging portion H of the lower trough is secured in a vertical position, the upper trough is raised and swung up into the position shown in Fig. 8, and the hay-rack is contracted and swung up and secured in the position shown in the same figure.

In Fig. 11 a modification is shown of my hay-rack,in which the rods L and L, instead of sliding by each other, have their ends coiled around a horizontal rod, W, and swing up against each other, so that the bar N folds up against the bar L.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stock-car, the combination, with the body of the car, of the vertically-movable platform F, pulleys 3, situated near the top of the car, drums 4, secured to the bottom of the car, and chains F, said platform and the floor of the car being perforated to admit of the passage of the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the body of the car, of the stationary posts 0, swinging posts 0, and locking-bar cZ, provided with the locking-pin 1, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The hereinbefore-described hay-rack,con-

sisting, essentially, of the bar L, pivotally secured t0 the car-roof, said bar being provided with the rods L, extending at right angles therefrom and having their ends bent into the books or loops Z, and the parallel bar N, provided with the similar rods, L, whose ends Z are similarly looped, the loops or hooks in the rods in each series passing around the bodies of the corresponding rods in the opposite se ries, and means whereby said hay-rack may be secured when extended and dropped to the side of the car and when raised and contracted to the top of the car, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a hay-rack extending horizontally along the side of a car, the hereinbefore'described packer, consisting, essentially, of the packing hook or loop P, rigidly secured to the carriage P, said carriage being provided with wheels 1?, and a track, It, eX- tending along the side of the car and supported by a bracket, S, rigidly secured to said side, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the floor F, of the supporting and stiffening angle-iron bars 21,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. A stock-car adapted to be used also as a car for ordinary freight, and provided with the following parts or appliances, viz: the vertically-movable platform F, the stationary collapsible trough H H H, the vertically-movable collapsible trough K K K, the contractible hay-rack L N L L Z Z", and the tank I, provided with suitable conducting-pipes, said movable trough and hay-rack being adapted to be secured to the roof of the car, and said stationary trough being adapted to be locked against the side of the car, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES LANG GUTH.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, J. M. HARTNELL. 

